SkyWatch EarthCache

One API to search and task satellite imagery from many providers.

API by agreement, key required, irlpls adapter · docs

Mode
Made to order · weeks
Coverage
Global
Price
Price not stated
Key
Required
Resale
Not stated
AI training
Not stated

Eight links

0 of 8 links claimed · 0 evidenced

Compiled from public sources, unclaimed. What they mean

Each link
  1. 1. Real personNot stated

    Person · Not stated

    Still open: Captured by satellites or aircraft of the underlying providers; no person is identity-checked.

  2. 2. Captured locallyNot stated

    Camera · Not stated

    Still open: Not a signed capture, so none (STANDARD §3). Offerings and search results carry provider and sensor metadata passed through from the operator.

    Place · Claimed

    Still open: Results have footprints and GeoTIFF outputs; georeferencing accuracy is not stated.

    Needs both: the weaker one counts.

  3. 3. Genuine deviceNot stated

    App · Not stated

    Still open: No attestation of delivered files is documented.

  4. 4. Sealed captureNot stated

    Camera · Not stated

    Still open: Not a signed capture, so none (STANDARD §3). Offerings and search results carry provider and sensor metadata passed through from the operator.

    Content · Not stated

    Still open: No integrity or anti-manipulation method is documented.

  5. 5. Known timestampReported

    Time · Claimed

    Still open: Search results carry capture timestamps from the provider; no independent check documented.

    A time stated, not attested (RFC 3161, a log): Reported.

  6. 6. Tracked in transitNot stated

    Custody record (optional field) · Not stated

  7. 7. Independently verifiedNot stated

    Cross-check · Not stated

    Still open: No cross-provider checking is documented, though the MCP search has a compare_providers mode a buyer could use.

  8. 8. Delivered to youNot stated

    Delivery receipt (optional field) · Not stated

API

Needs a sales or approval step first.

base
https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
auth
API key · x-api-key +1 more
access
By agreement
adapter
skywatch
mcp
https://mcp.skywatch.com/mcp
pay
card, invoice
  • POST /archive/search
  • POST /products/offerings/search/
  • POST /price/calculate
  • POST /pipelines
  • GET /pipelines/{id}
  • GET /outputs/{id}
  • +1 more in the JSON

Rate limit. Not stated in the docs read (limits-errors page covers geometry and cost rules only).

Sources

13 sources
  1. Base URL, x-api-key auth, categories, constraints (tasking min interval 7 days, order 2 days ahead, cannot cancel within 48 h), servers docs.skywatch.com
  2. OpenAPI 3.1 paths, servers, x-api-key and Bearer JWT schemes docs.skywatch.com
  3. MCP manifest v1.7 docs.skywatch.com
  4. API key from Hub account settings docs.skywatch.com
  5. Tasking workflow: offerings search, cost calculation, POST /earthcache/pipelines docs.skywatch.com
  6. Offerings search and Standard vs Non-Standard offerings docs.skywatch.com
  7. Price calculation, max_cost required for tasking docs.skywatch.com
  8. Limits: single polygon, tasking max_cost must match docs.skywatch.com
  9. MCP v2.0: sign-in, Explore vs Hub abilities, confirm before order, tools docs.skywatch.com
  10. Public MCP v1 at api.skywatch.co/mcp, no key, search/pricing tools docs.skywatch.com
  11. Protected-resource metadata for mcp.skywatch.com mcp.skywatch.com
  12. Authorization-server metadata: S256, CIMD supported, no registration_endpoint mcp.skywatch.com
  13. Not in MCP Registry (0 results) registry.modelcontextprotocol.io
Notes

About. SkyWatch Space Applications (Canada) runs EarthCache, an aggregator of satellite, aerial and open imagery from many providers behind one REST API (api.skywatch.co/earthcache, x-api-key), a public keyless MCP endpoint for search and pricing, and a signed-in MCP server (mcp.skywatch.com, OAuth) that can place archive and tasking orders. Tasking orders (offering search, cost calculation, then a pipeline order) need a window of at least 7 days and are placed at least 2 days before start.

Price. No public rate card found. Docs: tasking requires max_cost taken from the cost calculator; archive minimum AOI above 1 km²; Sentinel-2 is free; 'Orders are machine-to-machine, no refunds'.

Coverage. Docs: missing offerings mean 'access restrictions or provider constraints (territory, embargo, high/low demand regions)'. SAR, elevation and some Airbus/Planet configurations are 'Non-Standard' and need coordination with support before ordering.

Timing. Docs: 'Minimum interval: 7 days' and 'Place orders at least 2 days before start'.

Licence. No SkyWatch imagery licence or terms of service was found on skywatch.com or the docs site (the site footer lists only privacy and cookie policies). Imagery comes from third-party providers whose own licences presumably apply; SkyWatch's rights terms are not stated here. Resale, AI training and ownership are therefore left unstated.

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